had elapsed it burst into blossom in the stove of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



It is a native of the woods not only of Bahia, but pro- 

 bably of the greater part of Brazil, the Prussian specimens 

 and those of the Horticultural Society having been imported 

 from Rio Janeiro. Like all the species with similar habits, 

 it grows freely in decayed vegetable matter, mixed with a 

 little pure loam, among quantities of potsherds, and it pro- 

 bably will soon become common. Although it cannot be 

 compared for beauty with Catasetum tridentatam, it is never- 

 theless a very interesting species ; the spots on the margin 

 of the lip are of the deepest and richest ruddy-brown ; while 

 the horns of the column may be compared to the forelegs 

 of some spider lurking in the bosom of the flower to seize 

 upon the victims that may enter it. 



